When you come across these rose varieties while growing roses, not buying them would be a disservice to your own garden

Sharing roses again, the one that got me hooked on flowers was the rose! Unfortunately, I started as a balcony grower, couldn't plant too many, and didn't grow them very well either. I kept exploring and learning, and later when I had my own garden, my skills kept improving. My wish now is to hopefully soon reach a state where every single pot is bursting with blooms.

Shrub Little Eden, an incredibly prolific bloomer. This is a one-year-old seedling I gave to the neighbor lady, and planted in the ground it just explodes with blooms!!

This is my potted mother plant, about two or three years old, my very first rose, very commemorative. Last year I was lazy and didn't repot it, just buried some fertilizer in spring, and it was completely outshone by the ground-planted ones.

A seedling I got at the same time as Little Eden, a Japanese rose, Qingliu (Clear Stream), somewhat similar to Dragonfly, light fragrance. Not difficult to care for; normally just water when dry and fertilize when hungry. Generally once every 7 days, done together with watering, using a rose-specific organic nutrient solution, diluted 500 times with water and poured at the roots. Very hassle-free, and the blooms are beautiful too.

A cut-flower variety, Sea of Songs (Ocean Song), a small seedling I got last October. Its growth is relatively slow, but the flower shape is beautiful, and I like the color too. Anyway, I'm very satisfied. Balcony growers should also be able to control the plant height. It doesn't bloom very frequently, but it's not lazy either.

Blue Grawn, also called Earth Blue. If I remember correctly, it should also belong to the large-flowered miniature rose category. A seedling over a year old, incredibly prolific, and I really like the fragrance. Sources say it's a lilac fragrance type, but personally I detect a bit of tea scent in it. However, once the bloom opens flat it's really ugly, and I kind of want to cull it, but the flower quantity is decent, so I'm torn again.

Water Droplet of the Heart, the petals are relatively thin, plus the petal tips are quite distinctive, so it looks especially ethereal. Under strong UV conditions, pink appears in the center of the flower. But she's a fake lady with a wild heart -- if you don't rig up something to support her, she'll grow all sprawling and clawing, so pay attention to regular pruning and shaping. By the way, the fragrance is strong too.

Large-flowered miniature rose, Tundra Sprite. I really like this one. The bloom period is long-lasting, so long that I got tired of looking at it. The petals had even opened to the point of turning white, and it still wouldn't wither! It's also rain-resistant, probably because the petals are relatively thick. It's a blooming machine. After growing it for a year and a half, in spring it had about twenty-some blooms, a huge flower quantity, and I even pinched off many buds. It got red spider mites once, and I rinsed it with water twice and it recovered. Highly recommended for balcony growers. The only downside is it has no fragrance at all.

Miniature rose, Little Witch Sweetheart, also long-lasting in bloom. The color of the blooms varies with temperature; in autumn and winter it blooms rose-red. It blooms in multi-headed clusters. I took this photo too early and forgot to take pictures at peak bloom.

Large-flowered miniature rose, Cameroon. The color is very vivid, lots of blooms, long-lasting, but after the blooms open flat they're too ugly and I'm a bit put off by it. This color is what my dad particularly likes, so I'll keep it.

Antique bouquet, small flowers in multi-head clusters. If it doesn't get much sun, it's not easy for the blooms to open. The color is fairly distinctive, a somewhat faded pink, and the fragrance is relatively strong, similar to the scent of Shinju. Last year this pot didn't get its soil changed, and I just buried some fertilizer in early spring, so its performance was a bit lacking; otherwise it should have had lots of blooms.

Red Apple, a very true red, also a plastic flower -- the bloom period is too long. If you don't cut it, it just stands there in the wind the whole time. It's just that after the bloom opens flat it doesn't look good, and no matter how long you leave it on the plant it's no use. According to my habit, once it's half-open I usually just snip it.

That's all for today's sharing. In the future I'll take you all shopping for finds from time to time. I'm only responsible for the daily rambling -- whether it's good or not is up to you!